To maximize coverage of the Hollywood Fringe, Back Stage and the L.A. Weekly have joined forces this week, with a pact to avoid both papers covering the same shows. This week, the papers have combined efforts to review 44 performances. Thanks to Back Stage Executive Editor, Dany Margolies for her efforts on behalf of our theater. For schedule information, please contact hollywoodfringe.org -- SLM

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NEW THEATER REVIEWS scheduled for publication in either the L.A. Weekly or Back Stage, on June 24, 2010NEW REVIEWGO BACK TO BABYLON In this self-crafted

solo show, Gregg Tomé starts and ends as a man who refuses to attend

his 10-year high school reunion but then spends his increasingly

inebriated evening recalling many of his friends. The framing device

might not involve us enough, nor does the actor's continual

disappearance backstage to briefly prepare each character (Tomé is

self-directed). But his characters are spectacular and inspire awe each

time a new one appears onstage. Tomé skillfully uses costuming and

physicality, but his face, particularly his remarkably malleable mouth,

memorably sells each new persona, in these cautionary but never preachy